Nearly 100 miners were stranded underground for several hours at an FMC soda ash mine after a power failure on 11 January 2007.
The mine, located about 25 miles outside of Green River in Sweetwater C…
Nearly 100 miners were stranded underground for several hours at an FMC soda ash mine after a power failure on 11 January 2007. The mine, located about 25 miles outside of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, lost power at about 2 pm, disabling elevators and air circulation devices. Officials were able to bring 25 miners at a time to the surface using a generator-powered lift. At no point were the miners in danger, according to police dispatchers.